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GHANDELIER.

N0.-248,1Y14. Patented 001. 11,1881.

In van?? 72 UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

HENRY E. SHAFFER, on ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CHANDELIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,114, dated October11, 1881.

' Application filed January 19,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern I Be it known that I, HENRY E.SHAFFEa,ofRochester, Monroe county, New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Chandeliers; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurelis an elevationofaehandeliershowing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of thehanger and a plan of the lamp-fixture. Fig.3 is an elevation of one oftheheads to which the lamps are attached. Fig. 4 is 'a section showingthe end of one of the arms and the lamp-base fitted thereto. Fig. 5shows one of the lamps removed from place and in position for use as acommon stand-lamp.

The object of myinventionis to so construct a chandelier that combinedstand and bracket lamps, such as are described and shown in Patent No.227,731, may be attached thereto, thereby forming a complete chandelier,and may be detached therefrom, thereby enabling said lamps to be used asstand or bracket lamps at pleasure.

The chandelier-fixture consists of an ordinary hanger, A, to which atthe bottom are attached the arms B B,thatsupport the lamps O O.

The fixtures shown in thedrawings are trumpet-shaped arms, radiatingfrom a hub placed.

upon the hanger; but any other desired form may be used adapted to thepurpose.

()u the outer ends of the arms are disks or heads a a, of a diameter aslarge as or a little larger than that of the bases of the lamps.

0n the faces of the disks, near the top, are screws, studs, or books I;b, upon which the lamps are hung, and at the bottom are circular flangesor equivalent lugs c 0, within which the bases of the lamps fit toprevent the lamps from tilting or swinging.

The lamps are jointed in the-standard, and have locking devices orsprings, by which they may be turned into the right-angled positionshown in Fig. l or into the vertical posidependently, either as bracketor stand lamps.

1f desired,other forms of bracket-lamps'may be used instead of the lampsabove described.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Paten is- 1. In a chandelier, the arms or equivalentfixtures B B, having at their outer ends heads or bearings of suificientsize to receive the bases of lamps, said heads having, screws, studs, orhooks projecting therefrom for attaching the lamps, as herein shown anddescribed.

2. A chandelier consisting of the hanger A, arms or equivalent fixturesB B, provided with disks or heads aa,and thelampsO 0 attached tosaiddisks or heads, .as herein shown and described.

In witness \vhereot'l have hereunto signed my name in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HENRY E. SHAFFER.

Witnesses;

1%. F. Oscoon,

JACOB SPAHN.

